Matt Durran has worked with glass in diverse capacities for many years. He studied at the University of Sunderland, UK, and Copenhagen School of Design and Technology, Denmark, where he was tutored by some of the leading European glass artists. After finishing his studies in 1991, Matt ran a successful gallery space in London. He has since worked in multiple areas of design, innovation, and material technology. His wide-ranging projects include the influential artist curating group New London Glass; instigating a documentary film project on the decline of glass production in Russia; collaborating on the design of a portable, bio fueled, up-cycling glass furnace; developing glass mouldings for a hospital reconstruction department; and a variety of curatorial projects.